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Name: John Hawkins, Sir
Birth Date: 1532
Death Date: November 12, 1595
Place of Birth: Plymouth, England
Place of Death: Puerto Rico
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: admiral

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Biography of John Hawkins, Sir
801 words, approx. 3 pages
The career of the English naval commander Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) touched all aspects of the Elizabethan maritime world from the illegal and inglorious to the patriotic and profitable. His skills helped to ensure the defeat of the Spanish Armada...
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Biography of John Hawkins
6,250 words, approx. 21 pages
For over two centuries Sir John Hawkins has been known as a "most unclubable man." That Hawkins deserved this epithet bestowed on him by his friend Samuel Johnson cannot be denied, for his personality was aloof and abrasive, earning him the enmity of...
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Biography of John Hawkins
2,605 words, approx. 9 pages
Sir John Hawkins has had the misfortune to be remembered for his unsociability, exemplified in the rudeness to Edmund Burke that led to his withdrawal from Samuel Johnson's best-known club. But Hawkins deserved better of posterity. As a magistrate he...


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John Hawkins Information
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Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled as John Hawkyns) (Plymouth 1532 – November 12 1595) was an English shipbuilder, naval administrator and commander, merchant, navigator, and slave trader. As treasurer (1577) and controller (1589) of the navy,...


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San Diego Business Journal
John Hawkins.(Executive Profile)(Cloud 9 Shuttle Inc.)(Biography)
06/27/2005: 680 words, approx. 2 pages
RESUME Name: John Hawkins. Job Title: President and owner. Company name: Cloud 9 Shuttle, Inc. Industry involvement: Immediate past chairman of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau....
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Automotive News
Leading AIADA is Hawkins' next 'mission'.(Insight)(American International Automobile Dealers Association chairman John Hawkins)(Interview)
01/29/2007: 762 words, approx. 3 pages
Byline: Harry Stoffer John Hawkins didn't plan to become an auto dealer. The incoming chairman of the American International Automobile Dealers Association was part of an investment group that acquired several dealerships in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He took over...
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AP News
S.C. may cut jail time for organ donors
3/8/2007: 404 words, approx. 1 pages
Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.Lawmakers are considering legislation that would let prisoners donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentences.A state Senate panel on Thursday endorsed creating an organ-and-tissue donation program for...
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AP Features
South Carolina lawmakers consider cutting prison time for inmates who donate organs
3/8/2007: 404 words, approx. 1 pages
Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.Lawmakers are considering legislation that would let prisoners donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentences.A state Senate panel on Thursday endorsed creating an organ-and-tissue donation program for...
 


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